Computed tomographic colonography: Hope or hype?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 915-920

  Lin, Otto Schiueh Tzang ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colonic neoplasms; Colonic polyps; Colonoscopy; Computed tomographic colonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AERATION; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT POSITIONING; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649268129     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i8.915     Document Type: Review

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